He'll never say it, of course, but that Hikaru always manages not to throw up that front, therefore allowing Riley a peek into that vulnerable side of him... it's comforting.

It's not lost on the Daywalker, how each subsequent lifetime is harder, therefore giving some logic to how Hikaru chooses to pull a little bit further away.

So he settles into taking his cues where he may, just continues to wait, not exactly watching his comrade while he gathers himself together. He is not Jessiah who might tremble with impatient, frustrated energy -- all borne from the simple truth that Jessie Vice cannot stand to see a dear friend in evident pain; nor is he Aidan, who views all the Kings as his children, after a fashion.

So Riley waits, drops his gaze to one of the bottles in hand. That Hikaru is in the room with him does not mean he cannot give his friend a measure of privacy -- if only in as much as he can by averting his eyes from the agony the younger man is currently in.